I think a week of nothing but rain has only amplified my appreciation for days like today. Okay, a Redskins win on Sunday sure doesn’t hurt either. Yes, as a Washington sports fan I take whatever I can get. Well, while we avoided having to actually build a Hilltopia ark, I hope you survived the […]
While I was escaping the heat of DC this summer, a great change came over Lincoln Park: The Emancipation Statue there was cleaned up and about 100 years of copper carbonate was removed from it, changing it from a statue with a greenish cast to a deep brown. I didn’t watch the transformation, but […]
As I have no more pans available to catch the water that has been leaking from my roof, I’ve decided to accept reality and turn my focus and energy to something more productive: building an ark. Its a better use of limited time, rather than save what is going to get swept away or moldy […]
A mixed-use development project at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street, Southeast, may be one step closer to construction if developers receive approval from Capitol Hill’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission next Tuesday. Developers presented revised plans to the ANC6B’s Planning and Zoning Committee earlier this week. The project keeps the building’s 21 apartment units […]
Happy unofficial start to fall — Labor Day is past, kids are in school, fashion etiquette is saying we shouldn’t wear white pants and shoes again until next spring, and beach trips are wrapping up. Where did the summer go and why so quickly? But with fall comes football season, the leaves changing color, sweaters […]